Quotes about Others

Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. Humility is thinking more of others.

Thou shall know by experience how salt the savor is of others' bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's stairs.

If we start with such ideas as God's omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence, we will never arrive at a true knowledge of God. However, if we participate by faith in Jesus Christ as the one who "is there for others," we are liberated from self and experience the transcendence that is truly the God of the Bible.

Self-centered love loves the other for the sake of itself; spiritual love loves the other for the sake of Christ.

God does not will that I should fashion the other person according to the image that seems good to me, that is, in my own image; rather in his very freedom from me God made this person in his image. I can never know beforehand how God's image should appear in others.

Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.

When you center life around yourself, not only do you miss out on God's best, but you rob other people of the joy and blessings that God wants to give them through you.

Other people are going to find healing in your wounds. Your greatest life messages and your most effective ministry will come out of your deepest hurts.

My one aim in life is to secure personal holiness, for without being holy myself I cannot promote real holiness in others.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

Your rewards, all the years of your life, will be in precise proportion to your service. You are here to serve others, just as they serve you.

Life is not meaningful...unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.